The NHL Network will air every game of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
It includes comprehensive coverage of the United States National Junior Team (0-0-0-1), which will play the second of four preliminary-round games in Group B against Austria (0-0-0-0) on Saturday (9:30 p.m. ET; NHLN). The United States, which lost 5-3 to Russia on Friday, also will play Czech Republic (Dec. 29) and Sweden (Dec. 31). The playoff round begins Jan. 2.
Longtime NCAA hockey analyst Dave Starman, who will handle the broadcast along with Stephen Nelson, will give his three keys to victory for the United States before each of their games during the 12-day tournament.
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